Verb: deprecate 'dep-ru,keyt
- Express strong disapproval of; deplore
"The committee deprecated the use of such aggressive tactics"
- Belittle
"The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts";
- depreciate, vilipend [archaic]
- (computing) declare something obsolescent; recommend against a function, technique, command, etc, that still works but has been replaced and may not work in future
"The programming language deprecated several old functions in its latest version"
Derived forms: deprecated, deprecates, deprecating
Type of: belittle, disapprove, disparage, pick at, reject
Encyclopedia: Deprecate